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Object Number
973-24-70/5342
Display Title
Ceremonial wooden slab: "wingert-cat", polychrome
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sculpture, carved pointed oval, facial and geometric painted designs, hole in no
Classification
- Sculpture
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Orokolo; Papuan Gulf
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 138.7 x 41 x 4 cm (54 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-24-70/5342; 973-24-70/#342; PA / 8; EI.340.60 / Elisofom
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Eliot Elisofon
(1940-1972 - 1973)
Donor
Donated by
Estate of Eliot Elisofon
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